Second Hollway ministry

The Second Hollway Ministry was the 56th ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, Thomas Hollway and Deputy Premier Alexander Dennett. Hollway and the rest of the ministry were not aligned to a political party at the time, although they would later form the Electoral Reform League to contest the December 1952 election, and had been recently expelled from the parliamentary Liberal and Country Party. With the help of two Hollway supporters in the Victorian Legislative Council, the Labor Party blocked supply to John McDonald's Country Party government, and indicated that they would support Hollway as Premier.^[1]

Second Hollway ministry
56th ministry of Victoria, Australia
Date formed	28 October 1952
Date dissolved	31 October 1952
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	Sir Dallas Brooks
Premier	Thomas Hollway
Deputy premier	Alexander Dennett
No. of ministers	8
Member party	Electoral Reform League
Status in legislature	Minority government 6 / 65
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	John Cain
History
Predecessor	First McDonald ministry
Successor	Second McDonald ministry

The ministry was the shortest-lived ministry in Victoria's political history, lasting only seventy hours. The cabinet was sworn in at noon on 28 October 1952, but was ordered to resign on the morning of 31 October after Hollway's request to the Governor of Victoria for a dissolution of parliament was refused. John McDonald was asked to re-form a government, and an election was called for 6 December.^[2]

Portfolios

Minister	Portfolios[3]
Thomas Hollway, MLA	Premier Treasurer Attorney-General
Alexander Dennett, MLA	Deputy Premier Chief Secretary Minister of Forests Minister for Conservation Minister-in-Charge of Immigration
Charles Gartside, MLC	Commissioner of Public Works Minister-in-Charge of Prices
Raymond Tovell, MLA	Minister of Education Minister-in-Charge of Electrical Undertakings
John Hipworth, MLA	Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey President of the Board of Land and Works Minister of Soldier Settlement Minister of Water Supply
John Don, MLA	Minister for Transport Minister of Labour Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works
William Dawnay-Mould, MLA	Minister of Health Minister-in-Charge of Housing Minister-in-Charge of Materials Minister of Mines
Hugh MacLeod, MLC	Minister of Agriculture Minister of State Development Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works

References

1. "Will today see end of the McDonald Government?". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 October 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Hollway Govt Falls After 70-hr Office". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 1 November 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
3. Victoria Government Gazette No. 839, Government of Victoria, 28 October 1952.

Parliament of Victoria
Preceded by First McDonald Ministry	Second Hollway Ministry 1952	Succeeded by Second McDonald Ministry